assegai in a sentence
Examples
- He was speared in the thigh, pulled the assegai from his wound, and turned and fired on his persuers, another assegai struck his left shoulder.
- On, the ship's supercargo ordered some assegais, or African spears, and some swords, to be brought on deck for the Malagasy to clean.
- Rifles and assegais, or spears, were used in the attack that took place about 300 kilometers ( 180 miles ) south of Durban, in the former Transkei.
- Despite this, there is unanimity amongst researchers that these items were used to increase the penetrating potential of light projectiles such as harpoons, assegais, javelins and arrows.
- They put a small boat to explore near the beach, but found a force of some 120 natives, armed with shields, assegais and bows marching towards them.
- Other engravings portray warriors, known as " owoza ", dressed in feathers or spiked ornaments and armed with bows, shields, assegai, or traditional knives.
- The Prince tried to fight on, using the assegai he had pulled from his leg, but weakened by his wounds, he sank to the ground and was overwhelmed.
- 'Assegai'continues the Courtney series but still includes Penrod Ballantyne as a crucial character, not just to the plot but also to the main character-Leon Courtney.
- The "'Beatty-Johl BJ-2 Assegai "'was a single seat, high performance competition glider built in South Africa in the early 1960s.
- Being one of the first to die, Moriarty was struck in the back with an assegai as he charged out of his tent, shooting dead three Zulus with a revolver.